Each year, the American newspaper USA Today awards outstanding high-school baseball players with a place on its All-USA High School Baseball Team.
The newspaper names athletes whom they believe to be the best baseball players from high schools across the United States.
[1] In 1998, the paper also began naming an annual USA Today All-USA High School Baseball Team of 9 to 11 players, with one member of the team designated the USA Today High School Baseball Player of the Year.
[2] Coach of the Year: Phil Clark (Germantown High School, Germantown, TN) Coach of the Year: James Patrick (Clovis High School, Clovis, California) Coach of the Year: Rocky Manuel (Bellaire High School, Houston, TX) Coach of the Year: Sam Blalock (Rancho Bernardo High School, San Diego, CA) Coach of the Year: Kenny Kendrena (Bishop Amat High School, La Puente, CA) Coach of the Year: Rick Carpenter (Elkins High School, Missouri City, TX) Coach of the Year: Tom Meusborn (Chatsworth High School, Chatsworth, CA) Coach of the Year: Bobby Howard (Columbus High School, Columbus, GA) Taylor was not chosen in the 2004 MLB Draft.
Coach of the Year: Tony Rasmus, Russell County (Seale, Alabama) Coach of the Year: Ron Eastman (The Woodlands High School, The Woodlands, TX) Coach of the Year: Jerry Boatner (West Lauderdale High School, Collinsville, MS) Coach of the Year: Todd Fitz-Gerald (American Heritage School, Plantation, FL) Coach of the Year: Phil Forbes (Menchville High School, Newport News, VA) Coach of the Year: Larry Knight (Sumrall High School, Sumrall, MS) Coach of the Year: Rich Bielski (Archbishop McCarthy High School, Fort Lauderdale, FL) Coach of the Year: Nick Day (Bishop Gorman High School, Las Vegas, NV)